PORTABLE MANIPULATOR FOR COW MILKING Russian patent published in 2004 - IPC

FIELD: agriculture, in particular, animal farming equipment. SUBSTANCE: apparatus has milking unit 1, cable 2 connected to air cylinder 3 and to control unit 6 through milk hose 11 and branch pipe 15. Control unit 6 is connected through detachable connector 7 to vacuum pipeline 9 and milk pipeline 8 of milking unit and comprises milk flow sensor 10 with vacuum regulator 12, air valve 16 and power source 21. Milking unit 1 has two-chamber teat cups with vacuum regulator and milk claw with valve and milk discharge branch pipe. Milk flow sensor 10 has float equipped with magnet and two herkons 19 and 20. Milk is delivered from milk claw into milk flow sensor 10 at different intensities to cause displacement of float with magnet. Magnetic field of magnet acts upon upper herkon 19 for controlling operation of electric valve 22 of vacuum regulator 12 and upon lower herkon 20 for controlling operation of electric valve 23 of air valve 16 to provide for regulation of air cylinder 3. EFFECT: increased efficiency of machine milking on linear milking units. 8 cl, 6 dwg